Participants

. Hi All Looks like I am the first to register on the forum! I am Sameera Wijerathna, Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Activist in Sri Lanka. Hoping to learn and share knowledge with you all. Cheers Sameera. ICT4D in Sri Lanka .

Hello everybody, My name is Sophie Treinen, I work for the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) as Information and Knowledge Management Officer and I am based in Rome. The topic of this forum is of high interest to me as gender has been part of my work since the 90's and ICTs since I have joined FAO. I hope we will all learned from each other during the discussions. Best regards Sophie :D

I am a Chief Agric. Officer.E- agric is just coming up and will be introduced to the ministry of Agric. Ogun State Government Soon.

Hello, I am Alessandra. I work on gender issues in participatory plant breeding focusing on empowerment and governance. I look at knowledge sharing approaches and tools to facilitate the participation of women farmers in agricultural development programmes. In 2008 we organised an International Farmers' Conference at ICARDA with a gender-sensitive approach to knowledge sharing. www.icarda.org/farmersconference

Dear all, My name is Judith Veldhuizen, I work as officer knowledge sharing at IICD - International Institute for Communication and Development - in The Netherlands. IICD is a non-profit foundation that specialises in information and communication technology (ICT) as a tool for development. IICD is one of the partners in the GenARDIS small grants fund initiative. My work focuses on ehealth and gender & ICTs: harvesting and publishing our own on the ground experiences and monitoring global developments in those thematic areas. Looking forward to learn and share with each other. Kind regards, Judith IICD

Hi All I work for SANGONeT -a 22 year old NGO focusing on ICTs in the develoment sector, and based in Johannesburg South Africa. Until recently I was the ICT services Manager. I have just been appointed the project manager of an m-agriculture project to be implemented in Zambia and East Africa. We will be working with existing Agricultural support programmes in horticulture and dairy, designing and implementing mobile solutions that aim to increase the efficiency of the programmes, and ultimately to raise incomes of small-holder farmers. Figuring out whether increased use of mobile tech is likely have a bias for or against increased participation of women farmers is a key part of the project, and something we're designing for right now. Yours Matthew

Hello I am called Maureen Agena and I am a Citizen Journalist, new media enthusiast and trainer. I am the information and Networking officer of Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET),a non-governmental organization whose Mission is to promote and support the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women and women organizations in Uganda. I currently moderates the dgroup for Citizen Journalists in Uganda. My passion for new media and community development earned me an opportunity to work as a Remote intern for the "ICT and Innovation programme" at The technical centre of Agriculture and rural cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), Netherlands. I am so happy to finally join you all for this online forum. Regards :)

[quote="JVeldhuizen"] I am so interested in the ehealth you have mentioned.

My name is Rosemond Ohene and i work with a radio station in Ghana (Rite fm) that focuses on agriculture as a project development manager. i am into developing agricultural programs for the station. I am so glad to be a part of this learning program. I believe we will all enjoy learning from each other. Best Regards!

Hello, My name is Mohamed Alasow, I am working as a consultant with the Research Center for Communication Development and Knowledge Management (CCDKM), an academic institution in Thailand I am involved in the CCDKM efforts to support the rural telecenter development in Thailand in collaboration with the MICT and other stakeholders. Nice to be part of this important forum, that might pave the way for the active participation of female in ICT projects from onset as well as involvement of other focus groups like the rural people, the urban poor and the uneducated. Best wishes Mohamed

Hello, My name is Jan Goossenaerts. I run a small business advocating and publishing on a more systematic use of wikis and other technologies to achieve synergy in development initiatives. How this might transform development practice is what I try to explain in a Content Commons Tutorial at www.atria.us. At the Global Alliance for ICT and Development, I have created a group Towards a Global MDG Breakthrough Plan to address the role that ICT can play in the forthcoming (renewed) action agenda for the poor. I look forward to a productive and engaging experience sharing ideas, Jan

Hello all i am emefe oghenevwairhe I am a Nigerian Studied Agriculture specializing in fisheries currently rounding up my M.sc in fishries I have worked as a project manager in an High tech Fish farm since 2006 till date i have been teaching the subject of Agriculture to high school students. my interest in ICT is how to ensure the women in the developing countries especially in the tropics first; get to know there is something like ICT second: know what they stand to benefit third: know how to participate Emefe Oghenevwairhe

Hello everybody. My name is Abel Chemura and i am working for the Coffee Research Institute in Zimbabwe. My interests are in developing ICT-based information kiosks for smallholder farmers. These will be resources centres for production and marketing but must also be accessible without the farmer traveling long distance and also must be affordable. I look forward to an exciting discussion!

Am Moses Owiny I work as Assistant Projects Officer at the Kubere Information Center (KIC) in Apac District,Northern Uganda,i am implementing a key project related to e-Agriculture called 'Promoting and Improving Access to Agricultural Information using Information and Communication Technologies".whose primary targets are rural women farmers in Apac District and Northern Uganda The Project is technically and financially supported by the Technical Center for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (ACP-EU-CTA).The KIC is a multi-dimensional Information Center offering Development oriented Information with emphasis on Agricultural and Rural development Information. Look forward to the discussions Regards, Moses

[quote="mdegale"] Am so happy to find you Mathew De gale on this forum. And I must say that mAgriculture sounds interesting. Hoping to read some of your ideas on this. Kind Regards maureen

Hi all, I am late to join this forum. I am now working at Unit of Simulation and Informatics at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. I am basically interested in emprowerment of agricultural farmers and scientists in use of ICT for Agricultural Development. I have seen many of the inititatives are being taken up in India on Agriculture but, they are not much popular. It means that they are restricted to only few subjects/areas/institutes. I wish everyone who is into agriculural research and farming should be using more and more ICTs. I would also like to add that use of Free and Open Source Software for these ICTs should be mandatory.

Hi all, I am Nadia Manning-Thomas from the CGIAR ICT-KM program and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). I am based in Ethiopia where I have lived for three years now. I am a Knowledge Sharing in Research specialist. I have over the years been working on a number of knowledge sharing in research projects and initiatives. We are looking at what knowledge sharing approaches, including a wide range of ICTs can be used to make knowledge travel from research projects themselves and by researchers themselves-not just from institutes! One key aspect that comes up alot is how does this have an impact on livelihoods. Does knowledge sharing increase impact of research on rural livelihoods? Also a growing concern is whether knowledge sharing and ICTs have any gender implications and impact. we are looking at ways to monitor and evaluate this and finding more effective ways of involving and empowering women through knowledge sharing and use of ICTs--which is way i am excited to be part of this forum! Cheers, Nadia

This is Zainul from Bangladesh.Involved in training and technology transfer. Hope to learn from the discussion.

Dear all, I would like to join the forum, sorry for delay. I completed my masters in ICT in Agriculture and I am willing to know the recent trends and I would like to participate in the forum.

My name is Kimbowa Richard working for Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development a local NGO Network but also part of a regional one - The East African Sustainability Watch Network. It is in relation to the East African SusWatch Network (involving Tanazania and Kenyan partners) that has been working in the Lake Victoria region since 2005, that we are planning to scale up the use of ICT for sustainable development through regular, timely information sharing on a wide range of sectors that could uplift people from the rampant poverty that they face (agriculture, forestry, technology transfer, sanitation and hygiene, climate change adaptation etc) Very keen on this forum as it promises to provide us with useful insights and contacts

Dear gautam, Very happy to know about your interest in ICT for scientists and farmers.I have similar interest for Punjab farmers too and would like to keep in touch with you. H.S.Bajwa

Hello Sophie, Very glad to see you in this online discussion.I am working with Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana(India) for the last three decades as extension scientist for field officers and farmers/farm women.Recently Knowledge Management has attracted my attention and I am trying to learn about it from FAO,CGIAR.IRRI/CIMMYT etc.Hope to learn from you as well. H.S.Bajwa [/quote]

I am Appolinaire Tagne. I am an Agricultural Researcher with a good expertise in rural development issues in Cameroon. I have been the principal investigator under the GenARDIS small grant project in Cameroon and our work deals with the promotion of market information using ICT with reference to the Cell Phones.